A thread for little questions

[Ruberto]

I am having a big think over the following: I have some 3 enemy bases on the map (2 merc and 1 star gods). I tried them when they appeared and was defeated badly. Now, after some time i feel I could maybe wreck a merc base now, but  it would still be a very bloody on my part (loosing some high-level gals and power armour I made from downed enemy over the months), and with little useful loot to show for it (Gauss guns are coded, and I already have lots of cash).
Also generate enough infamy to tank the infamy penalty for enemy bases.
So my question is are there any other problems from leaving enemy bases alone, that would warrant the high losses in manpower and irreplaceable materials?

[Earthquake]

So my question is are there any other problems from leaving enemy bases alone, that would warrant the high losses in manpower and irreplaceable materials?

Nope. Moreover - score penalty from bases easily counter by burning their supply ships (even without ground mission)
And 4 trained Syn with melee laser weapons can easily take merc base.

[legionof1]

So long as you can afford the score hits, merc and star god bases are only worth hitting if you need there VIPs still since there assured to spawn one.

[Ruberto]

Quick technical question:
Is there a way (hotkey I guess) to see trigger zones of active mines and blast zones of grenades active and on the ground?
Also is there a way to see how far can your soldier throw a grenade hi is holding without actually trying to throw it?

[ElGrillo]

anybody knows the mission ID for the orbital ship with a Syn ?

[legionof1]

Quick technical question:
Is there a way (hotkey I guess) to see trigger zones of active mines and blast zones of grenades active and on the ground?
Also is there a way to see how far can your soldier throw a grenade hi is holding without actually trying to throw it?

No, but it's always the ring of adjacent squares. proximity radius is fixed. The map window will show items on the ground including thrown proximity weapons. enemy or map mines are hidden.

Range for throwing is based of a formula. Range= 2.5 x strength/weight. So a gal with 60 str throwing a grenade that weighs 3 would be 66.67. The exception is thrown weapons with fixed max range, or powerfall off.

[Greep]

So, anyone  know how exactly battle glamour works?  Seems pretty mysterious, although I have a vague idea.  Here's my best guess:

+ Some default glamour by mission/enemy? maybe?
+ 1 glamour per gal in a glamourous outfit (bikini/party dress/ hoverbike only)
+ bonus glamour for craft (12 little bird? 6 v8?)
+ glamour for saved civilian?

If turns finished <=3 no glamour loss
if turns finished >= 10 lose all glamour

If in between lose a percentage.


Still a little confused at the process.  E.g. in game doing the initial academy nurse I get some glamour with the airbus, but in quick battle doing just some scout mission with a rat gives no glamour for the bus but lots of glamour for little bird.

[Earthquake]

Well, if it so important for ya...
There is enemies, who carries glamour as item, and some enemies (like robots or rats) carries not.
Some glamour you can acquire if you finish mission in few turns - about 7 glamour if you finish in first turn.

[Greep]

Yeah, I did a little more digging, and looks like it's both:  enemies and missions can give glamour as well as the ship/armor.  But there's no flat bonus for finishing early:  Finishing early just is a matter of whether you retain any of the accumulated glamour.  So if you finish on turn 1 but didn't earn any glamour from all of the above factors you get 0.

[legionof1]

Finishing early just prevents decay of already present glamor. Glamour is on a timer like a grenade if it's part of the map drops, while self generated is not.

[Greep]

Ah, are you sure about that though?  Like if you do 4 gals in bikinis on a little bird in quick battle and finish in 11 turns you get 0 glamour (16 if you finish on turn 1, 4 from bikinis, 12 from the bird).  Unless all of this glamour is considered part of the map drop (armor/craft/map). Or maybe I just don't know what the "self generated" part you said means

[Ruberto]

Doses https://www.xpiratez.wtf/en-US##STR_BEJEWELED_CAP protect from star god's mind control?
It increases resistance to Mind, but I can't find Stargod Mind control description to see if it works by dealing mind damage.

[Marza]

Doses https://www.xpiratez.wtf/en-US##STR_BEJEWELED_CAP protect from star god's mind control?

Nope.

[legionof1]

Ah, are you sure about that though?  Like if you do 4 gals in bikinis on a little bird in quick battle and finish in 11 turns you get 0 glamour (16 if you finish on turn 1, 4 from bikinis, 12 from the bird).  Unless all of this glamour is considered part of the map drop (armor/craft/map). Or maybe I just don't know what the "self generated" part you said means

Honestly neither do I concretely. it might not even be true anymore now that i think about it. Minor balance things like this change all the time without really being documented.

[Ruberto]

Nope.

Is there something that does?